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mneme
Ell earned her Lindt at least, mneme. We only have to babysit two afternoon/evenings per week - from 1 until 9, but it is unbelievably exhausting - but, when the girls are in a tizzy they always run to Granny, leaving me feeling like a spare at the normal place. Roll on September when the older of the two goes to school and their mum has to stop working ---------we hope.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 2, 2009 at 6:26 AM
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Nice to hand them back, they always say - and you earned the scotch and Lindt. How nice to see a Cardinal - living in NC for three years I was able to take them for granted (but didn't) - they must look lovely against the snow.
posted by
mneme
on March 27, 2009 at 12:30 AM
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TAPS.
I'm with you on that, Taps. Grandparents who raise their grand children have my admiration and awe. I don't know how they can do it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 22, 2009 at 6:01 AM
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majroj
Surreptitious? Ah, I understand. They were surreptitious until the sleuth Majroj Holmes sniffed them out?
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 21, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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Oh, Crikey!
I was thinking in terms of the new tract homes near my house thay they just turned into surreptitious pot factories.
posted by
majroj
on March 21, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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majroj
Why didn't I think of that? I bow to your superior detecting skills, majroj. Or.....perhaps a group of people had been keeping a barn full of cut and dried grass ready for a spring festival. When the grass was spread out during the Spring Dance, the Official Burner may have have been so caught up in the ceremony (ie pissed) that he/she let the fire get out of control.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 21, 2009 at 6:19 AM
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I have so much respect for grandparents who, for one reason or another, find it necessary to raise their grandchildren. I have known several. I am so thankful that it was not necessary for me to do more than love mine with occasional visits even though they are the most wonderful children anyone could imagine.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 21, 2009 at 5:45 AM
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sam444
I'm glad you liked it Sam444. The recovery went well on Thursday and set us up for Friday's baby sitting - today is zombie day.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM
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Pat_B
Spring arrived her at 6.45 am - or so I was told by the local radio announcer. I had a mental image of Mother Nature checking her dashboard clock and feathering the gas pedal to make sure she was timely.
I can imagine the revolting state of your fishpond, and I wouldn't wade in it either. Yesterday I had an idle thought when I was trying to distinguish the difference between the slurry that used to be flowers and the slop that just might be dog poo, why not just leave it? Eventually it will give the archaeologists a puzzle as they dig down thru the Obama period slate. The Cardinal seems to have flown.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 21, 2009 at 5:38 AM
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Kayzzaman
Thank you Kayzzaman, I'm pleased you liked it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on March 21, 2009 at 5:19 AM
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Ah! Spring at last!
Maybe it was a grass fire in a hydroponi
c facility?
posted by
majroj
on March 20, 2009 at 10:01 PM
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Here's to recovery! What a fun read! sam
posted by
sam444
on March 20, 2009 at 5:55 AM
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It's officially the first day of spring and it couldn't be more welcome...
I have to clean out the fishpond out back now that the ice is gone, and that's a stinky, malodorous job at best, wet and cold and frustrating. I won't wade in it, so getting to the gunk in the middle's a reach with a long-handled rake and skimmer. If I decide not to fill it in and put a gazebo over it, I've got to restock the fish to eat the mosquitoes who'll breed there. BTW, if your Cardinal sticks around I hope you get to hear him sing. They have a lovely liquid call -- two long notes followed by a series of short musical dashes.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 20, 2009 at 5:48 AM
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Excellent! I loved it...
posted by
Kayzzaman
on March 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM
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